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Lot 106*

An unusual Dutch Delftware plaque, possibly Amsterdam, circa 1750-70

21 November 2023, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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An unusual Dutch Delftware plaque, possibly Amsterdam, circa 1750-70

Decorated in blue with three horizonal views of military exercises, based on print sources, under a simple moulded stiff leaf border, 31cm wide x 2cm deep x 37cm high, (12in wide x 0 1/2in deep x 14 1/2in high)

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Provenance
Bernhard Stodel, Amsterdam;
H.C. van Vliet.

This plaque is unusual in subject and execution, the depicted figures seem taken from print sources related to training instructions for use of canon and 'schermen' or fencing. Several print sources show a close resemblance including De Schermmeester en 't Schermschool and indeed the earlier print entitled Schermschool van de Universiteit van Leiden by Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, after Jan Cornelisz. van 't Woudt, 1644, kept in the Rijksmuseum.

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